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Morocco to operate its 1st flight to Tel Aviv as of March 13

Date: 2022-02-21 14:02:48 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:9429578

RABAT, Feb 21 (MENA) - The government in Morocco announced it will open its airspace to international flights between Casablanca and Tel Aviv as of March 13. The Moroccan government said it will operate four flights per week that could increase ....

12,005 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered during past 24 hours in UAE

Date: 2022-02-21 13:27:15 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9429585

ABU DHABI, Feb 21 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced that 12,005 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 24,029,456 with a rate of ....

Bahrain slams Houthi militia’s launch of explosive-laden drone on Saudi Arabia

Date: 2022-02-21 13:20:52 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:9429582

MANAMA, Feb 21 (MENA) - Bahrain has strongly condemned and denounced the launch of an explosive-laden drone by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia against Jazan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, deliberately and systematically targeting civilians ....

Bahraini defense affairs min. meets US Congress delegation

Date: 2022-02-21 13:20:25 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9429571

MANAMA, Feb 21 (MENA) - Bahraini Defense Affairs Minister Lieutenant-General Abdulla in Hassan Al-Nuaimi met at the General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF), a delegation from the US Senate and House of Representatives, BNA reported on ....

4 terrorists arrested in Baghdad

Date: 2022-02-21 13:09:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:9429473

BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Iraqi security media cell announced the detention of four terrorists in Baghdad, the Iraqi news agency reported. The four terrorists were part of 41 others arrested in the Iraqi capital. (MENA) H M E/M O H ....

Bahraini FM participates in GCC Foreign Ministers meeting

Date: 2022-02-21 13:03:06 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:9429401

MANAMA/BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (MENA) - Bahraini Foreign Affairs Minister of Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani participated in the coordination meeting of the foreign ministers of the GCC countries, according to BNA news agency on Monday. The meeting ....

Saudi minister warns of sharp decline in oil, gas investment

Date: 2022-02-21 12:59:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:9429429

RIYADH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said sharp decline in investing in petroleum and gas is threatening energy sector. The world may not be capable of producing all its needs of energy, he ....

Madbouli, Jordanian counterpart preside over 30th Joint Higher Egyptian-Jordanian Committee meeting

Date: 2022-02-21 10:49:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:9429087

CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and his Jordanian counterpart Bisher al-Khasawneh co-chaired Monday the 30th Joint Higher Egyptian-Jordanian Committee meeting to discuss a number of cooperation files. The meeting took up ....

Saudi FM chairs GCC foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

Date: 2022-02-21 09:47:49 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:9428994

BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Monday chaired the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers meeting held on the fringe of the 26th Gulf-European Ministerial Council in Brussels, the ....

Library looted during Iraq rampage reopens to stock it with 1 million books

Date: 2022-02-21 09:24:32 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:9428839

NEW YORK Feb 21 (MENA) - A library in Iraq looted and badly burned by Daesh militants has re-opened, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Fighters burnt at least 10,000 books at Mosul University during the Daesh takeover of the city in 2014. In ....